What an interesting day. After scrambling up Golden Horn, I got to within 120' or so or Vermilion's summit following the NE Ridge. A crux filled with ice stopped me. Couldn't figure out how to bypass it. Downclimbed and traversed the east face & caught the NE Ridge above the saddle.

Hit Fuller afterwards (easily the quickest & easiest) and retraced my steps partially than plung-stepped down to the basin. The snow was very...interesting.

Climbed with partner while on the way to Vermillion Peak. Climbed up snow and was comfortable with hiking poles although it was steep. As others have mentioned it looks impressive from below but is just a bump on the ridge.

Made a loop over "V9", "V8", Beattie, Fuller & Vermilion. The Lake Hope area is beautiful and not to be missed. Altough the talus/scree slopes on this side of Vermilion & Fuller look horrendous, they are quite manageable.

Climbed as part of the SP Summer Gathering, I had already been up Golden Horn earlier in the year and headed over to Vermilion and Fuller instead. Overcast morning had us worried, but it never rained on us.